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<br />OtJllj18 <br /> <br />'" . <br /> <br />December 17,1997 <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />from within its annual apportionment of Colorado River water, which is 4.4 MAF when <br /> <br />neither surplus water nor apportioned but unused water are available for apportionment <br /> <br />among the states. <br /> <br />ComDonents of 4.4 Plan <br /> <br />First Phase <br /> <br />During the first phase the objective of the Plan is to continue to meet <br /> <br /> <br />southern California's water supply needs and to keep the Colorado River Aqueduct <br /> <br />full while programs are implemented to reduce California's demand for Colorado <br /> <br />River water through firm water transfers, non-firm water transfers, enhanced water <br />supply programs, and reservoir operations. Also during the first phase, additional <br /> <br />programs will be identified, investigated, and be ready for implementation during the <br /> <br />second phase to allow California to continue to meet its Colorado River water <br /> <br />supply needs and to keep the Colorado River Aqueduct full from within its annual <br /> <br /> <br />apportionment, which would be 4.4 MAF in those years that conditions on the River <br /> <br />so dictate. <br /> <br />Identified in the first phase of the Plan are firm water transfers, which include <br /> <br />core transfers and recovery of seepage from the All-American and Coachella canals <br /> <br />that provide for about 400,000 acre-feet of water being transferred from the <br /> <br />agricultural areas to the coastal plain of southern California. In years that <br /> <br />withdrawal of surplus water from reservoir storage begins to place undue risk on the <br /> <br />other water users within the Colorado River Basin, California will implement non- <br /> <br />C:L.\44p1rv17.wpd <br /> <br />5 <br />